Once Upon a Time…
Once upon a time, we serenaded our children to bed with sweet, soothing melodies thinly masking disturbing images of violence, disease, starvation and more. Still now, parents recite fairy tales, nursery rhymes...
Tagged: Lindsey Beasley Dianna
Outtakes Make Life Beautifully Imperfect
When we have beautiful moments that we don’t want to forget, we often plaster them all over social media to show ourselves and the rest of the world, “Hey, this one thing went perfectly...
I Wanna Tech You Up
This isn’t going to be a rant about how technology is killing society and manners and probably baby pandas too, turning us into a modern day zombie apocalypse society with the rotting being only slightly less literal.
Goodnight, Dammit: An Open Letter to My 3 Year Old Daughter at Bedtime
By Lindsey Beasley Dianna In retrospect, the title was inspired by one of the greatest never suitable for children books out there, Go the F*@! to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach. If you’re not offended...
What I Learned at Stay-at-Home Mom Camp This Summer: Newton’s Third Law of Parenting
After three months of Endless Bend the Rules Days, we are collectively a red-hot mess. We’ve lost basic social skills. Shoes? Shirts? Bathing? Eating with utensils? What do you mean those are normally required expectations?
I’ll Give You Something To Be Embarrassed About!
By Lindsey Beasley Dianna- *This is my junior prom dress. I hang it in our coat closet and present it to the children when necessary. Why? Allow me to explain… ...
Raising Will Ferrell (Every Night Live!)
Two is an age that is ridiculous, hilarious, outrageous and possibly offensive—all descriptors, not coincidently, which describe Will Ferrell’s greatest comedic roles. We are all characters in our own undocumented reality show, Raising Will Ferrell: The Terribly Hilarious Twos.
